For betraying the gods in favour of the mortals Sisyphus was condemned to punishment. He was sent to perform the task of pushing a huge rock along a steep slope. Before he could topple the stone on the other side of the peak of the mountain he could not be free. Each time Sisyphus neared the peak the stone rolled back to the ground leaving him tired and throwing him in despair again and again. In pursuit of the realization of his own will against the will of the gods Sisyphus is thus still undergoing the perpetual punishment.